Pencil This In
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 31, 2008 5:10PM
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Pop
Matt Pond PA plays polite and well-mannered pop that thrills with its shimmering chords and bouncy beats. If WXRT really wanted to play the sort of tunes its listeners could really grab onto, eschewing sentimentality in favor or originality, Matt Pond PA would become the station's mascot. Matt Pond PA is the thinking person's version of Adult Alternative, and we can't figure out why they're not a household name yet.
Double Door, 1572 N Milwaukee, 9 p.m., $10 (2-for-1 tickets available through Double Door's box office), 21+
Metal
Has anyone noticed that the current crop of metal bands coming out of the indie scene seem to be operating without a trace of irony? the kids playing the heavy stuff are no longer the geeks wryly commenting on their past obsessions with Dungeons and Dragons, but instead tap into something far more primordial. Danava mines the heavy sounds of the '70s -- and half the met in downstate Illinois where Freedom Rock never ever died -- and churns out mini-epic after mini-epic.
Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, 9 p.m., $14, 21+
Clubs
Mod Mondays at Five Star is curated by MODchicago's Eric Slowhand Colin. We've long been fans of the Our Way Of Thinking festivals he's been a part of, and this weekly residency keeps the Freakbeat pumping alongside Northern Soul classics and one-hit psychedelic wonders.
1424 W Chicago, 9 p.m., free, 21+
Speaking of WXRT, The Waco Brothers are playing an event for the station at Yak-zies today, along with Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Back Door Slam. Man, we wish we weren't working so we could see how drunk Frat Boys take to Langford and his crusty gang of outlaw rockers manhandling the classic county ethos.
3710 N Clark, until 1:20 p.m., free, 21+
Photo of Matt Pond PA from their MySpace page is by Jeremy Balderson